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Blue Steel & Lace
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I am so sorry for your loss.
My hat is off to British officers, I have no idea how they do their jobs without being allowed to carry a sidearm. That takes real courage. |
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Catherine E: VT
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I'm so sorry that you lost one of your officers. Is there an article somewhere on the shooting? My husband is an officer here in the U.S., and he is going to the police officer memorial in Washington D.C. this weekend. Maybe he can leave a note with the late officer's name on it at the memorial. We don't want to forget our officers' brothers overseas. |
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JoJoBa
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Yes the public should care because now we have one less person to protect us. |
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CGIV76
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I can only answer for myself, and my family. Even though we live in another country, we care. |
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johN p. aka-Hey you.
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The person who does not care is a gutless, heartless low life!!!!!! So, YES, we do care. |
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trigunmarksman
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Officers are killed every day in the service of their country. It is sad that their lives have come to a tragic end, but they die protecting and serving the people.
I cannot know the nature of the British political environment, but the belief of taking firearms away from the people is not reducing gun crimes adequately and it just leaves the honest unarmed. |
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NONAME
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wow well i certainly think so... i mean he doesnt even carry a weapon thats courage its very different in the states |
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des c
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That poor officer was out of his bed at 6-00 am that morning so we could safely sleep in ours. My heart goes out to his love ones, God Bless them. |
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utahmike41
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Any sane person with an ounce of conscious would be outraged and saddened at the tragic death of someone who puts his or her life on the line for the rest of us. The British Governments gun ban in 1997 was touted as the "gold standard". In fact it's been nothing but a disaster. Now criminals in Britain can rape pillage and plunder with impunity because they know that Joe Citizen is extremely unlikely to have any type of firearm whatsoever to defend themselves. What a good plan! The least the Parliament can do is properly train and arm the Police.
For more information, click on this link.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/28582.html |
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abitmishmash
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Yes. I too think that our police should now be arming themselves. Either that or we take all of the idiot criminals/terrorists with guns, place them on the isle of mann and let them fight it out! |
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Bear
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I would like to think that the overwhelming majority of the public do care. The ones that don't will generally be the small minority of low life that we deal with every day!! i.e the career criminal!! Yesterday someone lost a son, husband?, father?, doing his job / carrying out his duty. In this profession there are ever increasing dangers, probably more so from knives than guns. I'm not sure that arming all police is the answer. A sidearm may not have prevented this. You wouldnt go to every job with your gun out anticipating that the offender has a gun. Possibly the issue of Taser in the first instance may be the answer.
Whatever happens we have lost another brave colleague, striving to make a difference and make the streets safer.
I've now discovered that the officer was a fellow firearms colleague who was in fact armed and attending a firearms incident at that address where two unarmed colleagues were being held at gunpoint. This goes to show that just because you are armed does not mean you are no longer vulnerable. My thoughts are with his family and friends. |
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nic nac
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Of course I'm sorry he's dead but I don't agree with the OP's attempt to make political capital out of this.
British police are unarmed by choice. They don't want to carry guns as a matter of course. If they're expecting a suspect to be armed then they'll use armed police but having a gun will not make them bulletproof. |
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a bush family member
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Criminals prey on unarmed people. |
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spannerbox
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Yes we do care, its not a job I'd chose to do and the guy that shot him, well at least he's dead too, rather than spending a couple of years in prison, then free to get on with his life. |
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vdv_desantnik
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I realise this but sadly not very many other people seem to care these days |
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Mucky Mud Blood
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I for one appreciate every police officer. Their job is difficult, their powers have slowly been eroded over the last 10 years and they are increasingly going up against armed criminals, with knives and guns.
There was a time when I thought I would like to join the Police Force, but I'm not sure I could deal with the dangers that they have to deal with every day.
They are our home security. We give soldiers guns, tanks, missiles to go fighting overseas and what do we give our Police officers fighting war on our home soil? A load of abuse generally. |
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vasag2003
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Of course any decent law abiding person would be sorry for the officer who lost his life. But it isn't that long ago that British policemen and policewomen were being shot and blown up on a daily basis in Northern Ireland by the people that the british Goverment now have as fellow MP's. I am just wondering where all the sympathy was for the many Police officers who lost thier lives in the course of their duties. And just one for the pot, a lot of the money that went into the terrorists pockets to do all thre killing and maiming came from the American people. |
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Allan M
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Yes, everyone should care and I believe most do, and appreciate the dangers of policing. But lets make a clear distinction there exists both a gun and knife culture that is not indigenous to this country. It has been brought here along with a drug culture and is degenerative to our British culture, which to some degree now accept it as the norm.
Crime detection, law enforcement, and the judiciary should be more proactive in the eradication of such incidents. Any gun toting or knife wielding yobs should be dealt with appropriately.
Police officers are not perfect but neither should they be in fear of doing their job simply because government are failing them and society as a whole.
Consider Sharon Beshenivsky, murdered by the Jama brothers in a bungled robbery in Bradford, one escaped capture through a London airport dressed as a woman. Both were Somalian economic refugees. I rest my case!! |
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gimbert
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Hell yes!
I am really worrying about it though because i think that the guy who shot him was an old friend from years ago & wander just what might have been going through his head - if it was him i cant imagine what made him do it. He was a gamekeeper so the weapon probably wasnt illegal. He was an amazing photographer - i still have some of his photos at home. Really messing with my head.
The police do a brilliant job, mired down with unnecessary paperwork, & the thought that a person could take the life of anyone, let alone a policeman, is beyond my comprehension. I hope this doesnt scare people off joining the police force.
Police shouldnt be armed though. Fighting guns with guns is not the way forward. If there were no guns then this terrible act could never have taken place.
My thoughts go out to the family of the policeman & to the family of the person who commited this crime - if it is who i think it is then something went terribly wrong. I hope it isnt |
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WingCoAl
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The British public MUST care, who else is there to protect them.
My deepest sympathies to this officer's family and friends. An officer doing a most important job and cheated out of life.
One question that needs answering " Was he single crewed ?" if so where was the funding to get the right number of Police Officers to support each other and have enough to truly protect UK citizens. |
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Yer Acker I be
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Terrible. The loutish hooligan (whatever colour they are) should be hanged as a public warning.
Note how society has become increasingly violent and disrespectful with the abolition of hanging? |
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sarah1962
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it is so sad when they die on duty, my love goes out to everyone that has had to go through it,the queen should give the family something.like a honour award.a big thank-you goes out to all that put there life's on risk for us. |
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Ian UK
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I certainly care, especially as I’ll be reporting for duty at 7am tomorrow.
It always brings home to you the kind of risks you face every day when this sort of thing happens and hopefully it makes the critics realise the sort of danger we put ourselves in when we go to work.
I agree that there are others who do tough jobs who also put themselves at risk when they go to work but we often 'jump in' to situations that most would run from (fights etc) because that’s the kind of people we are.
As for taking guns off the streets to prevent it happening in the future, that clearly doesn't work as it only affects the law abiding gun owners.
As for the question of being armed, I personally wouldn't object to it but I would see it as another tactical option on my belt when faced with a dangerous situation and at the end of the day, if I ever have the misfortune of being shot at, I'd rather be able to shoot back than to draw my incapacitant spray or baton!
Thanks for the support and my heart felt condolences go to the family of one of my many colleagues. |
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WTamSP
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i for one very much do i'm so greatful to the people we do morn our dead and yes we do realise the danger all our police are in |
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Beastie
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I'd give all cops in the UK guns... if they all wanted them which they don't. It was put to an open vote at the Police Federation conference fairly recently, last year I think, and they voted against it.
I've got the greatest sympathy for the dead officer and his family. Not only has he been taken from his family, he's had the indignity of the Sun referring to him as a 'hero policeman.'
You know, I bet he'd rather be alive than a hero. I can't stand the Sun. |
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sloane_ff
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I think because gun crime in the UK is not as widespread as in other parts of the world, it is a bigger shock.
My deepest sympathies go out to his family, and I beleive his new wife.
It is a sad, sad day. |
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barrie b
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it is a bad state of affairs when a [person can not do his job in safety, be it a policeman or any other job.
yes 99% of society does feel for this officer and others like him , we must believe in the rule of order, it may be a callous way of thinking , and possible not the way the family of this officer feels , but my thought is that the person who did it , is at least dead himself, what i can not understand is that this person will get excuse after excuse made for him , but the thoughts of the policeman's family will be forgotten within 72 hours, the thoughts and inquirers into the person who committed the murder will go on for months if not years.
I DO MEAN MURDER , WHAT ELSE CAN IT BE, |
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steve m
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Each mans death diminishes me..for I am part of humanity.
John Donne..1600's |
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anthony9223
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The soldiers in Iraq are doing there duty.They volunteered the same as that policeman.They know the dangers of that job.But it dosn,t detract that they are all tragedies. |
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lippz
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Well this member of the public cares very deeply, and appreciates the dangerous situations out police officers go into not knowing what to expect.
The men and women on the front line of policing in the UK face tougher challenges every day. The majority of the public of the UK have little face to face contact with police officers on a day to day basis, and we all put our reliance on them when we find crime touching our lives.
Maybe the loss of yet another police officer in the line of duty will make the law abiding amongst us sit up and take notice of the dangerous job they do, the situations they go into without any consideration for their own personal safety...and all this to protect a public who in some instances do not appreciate the safety the officers afford us!
My heart goes out to this officers family, friends and colleagues...and I thank him for his bravery. |
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